His comments came in response to a U.N. report released last month that alleged technology firms including Google and its parent company Alphabet had profited from “the genocide carried out by Israel” in Gaza by providing cloud and AI technologies to the Israeli government and military.

“With all due respect, throwing around the term genocide in relation to Gaza is deeply offensive to many Jewish people who have suffered actual genocides. I would also be careful citing transparently antisemitic organizations like the UN in relation to these issues,” Brin wrote in a forum for staff at Google DeepMind, the company’s artificial intelligence division, where workers were debating the report, according to the screenshots.

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    20 hours ago

    I thought this tool was retired. But no,

    In December 2023, he came out of retirement to lead Alphabet Inc. into the new era of Artificial General Intelligence, after the launch of ChatGPT. (wiki)

    At least it seems they are on course to make their AI competitive with Grok.